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| Elizabeth D BarnettSummaryAffiliation: Boston University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Yellow fever vaccines and international travelersElizabeth D Barnett
Maxwell Finalnd Laborator for Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 7:579-87. 2008..This new method allows production in a cell culture system and potentially reduces the risk of adventitious viruses and selection of a subpopulation during replication, thereby increasing safety...
Vaccine administration decision making: the case of yellow fever vaccineBeth A Lown
Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 55:837-43. 2012..The impact of risk information and patients' requests for participation in vaccine decisions on providers' recommendations is unknown...
Illness in long-term travelers visiting GeoSentinel clinicsLin H Chen
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:1773-82. 2009..Our results can help prioritize screening for and diagnosis of illness in long-term travelers and provide evidence-based pretravel advice...
Role of immigrants and migrants in emerging infectious diseasesElizabeth D Barnett
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Room 625, Boston Medical Center, 670 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Med Clin North Am 92:1447-58, xi-xii. 2008..The emphasis of the article is on immigrant and migrant populations entering North America; the role of travelers in emerging infectious diseases is addressed in another article in this issue...
Yellow fever: epidemiology and preventionElizabeth D Barnett
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:850-6. 2007..Describing host factors that would increase risk of these events and identifying potential treatment modalities for yellow fever and yellow fever vaccine-associated adverse events are subjects of intense investigation...
Hepatitis B screening in US travelers seen at the Boston area travel medicine networkLin H Chen
Travel Medicine Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA
J Travel Med 20:29-36. 2013....
Immunizations and infectious disease screening for internationally adopted childrenElizabeth D Barnett
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Room 503, Boston Medical Center, 774 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 52:1287-309, vi. 2005....
The visiting friends or relatives traveler in the 21st century: time for a new definitionElizabeth D Barnett
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Travel Med 17:163-70. 2010..Changes in global mobility, travel patterns, and inter-regional travel led to reappraisal of the classic definition of the term VFR...
Spectrum of illness in international migrants seen at GeoSentinel clinics in 1997-2009, part 1: US-bound migrants evaluated by comprehensive protocol-based health assessmentElizabeth D Barnett
Boston University, MA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 56:913-24. 2013..Many nations are struggling to develop structured systems and guidelines to optimize the health of new arrivals, but there is currently no international consensus about the best approach...
Prevention of travel-related infectious diseases in families of internationally adopted childrenElizabeth D Barnett
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Room 503, Boston Medical Center, 774 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 52:1271-86, vi. 2005..Targeted preadoption counseling, close attention to hygiene and safety advice, and prompt identification and treatment of infections lead to the safest and most trouble-free adoption travel experience...
Immunity to hepatitis A in people born and raised in endemic areasElizabeth D Barnett
International Clinic, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA
J Travel Med 10:11-4. 2003..CONCLUSION: Individuals born and raised until aged 20 in hepatitis A endemic countries are likely to be immune to hepatitis A. Serotesting is most helpful in assessing immunity to hepatitis A in those under 20 years of age...
Muslim patients and health disparities in the UK and the USLance D Laird
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arch Dis Child 92:922-6. 2007..Finally, we call for significant cultural and institutional adjustments in health care settings and further research studies to provide specific data to address health disparities for these growing and diverse populations...
Preventing infectious diseases during and after international adoptionLin H Chen
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02238, USA
Ann Intern Med 139:371-8. 2003....
